May 25th, 2009 by jgrimes

Reincarnation 2

Do you live with the sense that you have been here before?  Have you ever wondered if reincarnation was something like an event, that actually does occur through out the whole human race?  Does your religion discourage you from believing in reincarnation?

Lately I’ve been reading the Gnostic Gospels.  With a particular interest in the Gospel of Philip and The Sophia of Jesus Christ.  I have been seeking out comparative statements from these gospels, and finding comparative verses in other religious text.  Since I think reincarnation is a possibility, I started searching for known religious verses to prove that it does exist and has occurred in some human beings.  For today’s entry I would like to show you 3 compelling scriptures from the Gospel of Philip, thought to have been written somewhere around 385 A. D.  But was found to have been before it’s Greek translation in 435 A. D.  It was found to have existed long before either of those dates, because it was found among the other scriptures known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Here are some of those verses found in the Gospel of Philip:  (The Gospel of Philip is a narrative of Jesus Christ and what he said to some of his disciples when they asked questions about the existence of God and how Jesus came to be.  The Gospel of Philip addresses many issues such as Jesus’ relationship with Mary Magdalena, who & what Truth is, who the Father is, faith, and spiritual well-being.)

• “For the good are not wholly good nor the wicked wholly wicked, nor is life merely life, nor death merely death; each will return to its primal source.”

≈I believe this verse to be the key to reincarnation.≈

There are many points and variables to this verse when broken down.

1. Take the lines “nor is life merely life, nor death merely death;”: Here the author is clearly stating that there is more to just living and dying.   Isn’t it being rather naive of us to assume that a soul either goes to heaven or hell?
   
2. That is where I think the lines: “For the good are not wholly good nor the wicked wholly wicked,” comes into play.  Life is confusing at best.  We all know this!  So why is it then that we expect to get it all perfectly right in one lifetime?  It is impossible to become fully righteous in one lifetime alone.  Maybe the persons who are able to defy all odds get to go to heaven automatically.  And maybe those persons who are truly, truly wicked and never asked for forgiveness are sent to hell in a hand basket.  But what of the rest of us who don’t fully deserve to go to heaven, nor hell but rather need a second or third chance?  Why isn’t that possible?  Why do we even pretend to know what God does and what he doesn’t?  Isn’t it his discretion to determine if reincarnation is a viable aspect of life?  Are you God?
   
3. Then there is the final line; “each will return to its primal source.” Let me guess; are we all going to guess where that was or maybe is?  Isn’t that being arrogant on our behalf?  Again it begs for the question, are we then God?  For anyone to claim the knowledge of such would either have to be Jesus, God or reincarnated.
   

• “He who is no longer “of the world” cannot be delayed on the grounds that “he was once in the world”. Delayed for what, for where?  The meaning of this verse would have you confused, but reread it.  Then reread it again.  “He who is no longer “of the world” cannot be delayed on the grounds that “he was once in the world”. Sounds like a second chance to me.
• I also feel that this upcoming verse lends itself as proof that reincarnation does occur.  “If a man or woman regains his or her former self, there’ll be an end to death.”

If you are a new age Christian, I believe that you will find truth in the above scripture.  If you are looking to the Bible for sources addressing reincarnation, I suggest reading John 3:4-8

A note about the author;  IE as her fans call her is a Fideist.  She solely believes, in the principles of something, just on faith alone.  Her belief, in Jesus Christ to be the son of God, has really no divine inspiration.  She simply believes.  However, what is interesting about IE, is that she believes many different religions and belief systems, make-up the one true religion of God.  Using many resources from different world religions to study, IE likes to find similarities, contradictions, and writing structure to discover what is the word of God, and what is not.  Though, her own personal belief system was formed by Catholics, Methodists and Baptist patrons.  However, it is IE’s unique choice of selecting other religions round the world, that has led her on this journey thus far.

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May 11th, 2009 by jgrimes

Hey, I know I’m behind a bit, but I’ve been doing some much needed research. Some of the things I’ve been working on have to do with God, Christ, Adam, Eve, Judas Thomas, biblical names and other such topics. I’ve been reading the Gnostic Gospel text “Thomas the Contender.” I have found it to be a most interesting read. Could Jesus Christ have been a twin? Was Judas Thomas his twin brother, born only minutes after Jesus Christ? Was Mary and Joseph’s last name Thomas? Were did the story come from?

I have also been researching the word “BOOTH.” I want to know it’s origin. I want to know how long has the word booth existed. I think it could hold a clue to unlocking a certain piece of the puzzle, concerning the lives of Adam and Eve. I’d appreciate anything you might know about the word booth.

Another area I’ve been working on is studying the Book of Jubilees. Did Cain really marry his younger sister? Did Adam and Eve really have 9 children? Were any of those children conceived in the Garden of Eden? And what of the Ethiopic texts? Are they more accurate than our own Christian Bible?

So that’s what I’ve been up too. By the way my son place 6th in the Columbia Relays! Take care and I’ll catch up with all of you very, very soon.

Blessings to you,
Julie Grimes

March 21, 2010

From time to time, I like to refresh on my outlook on my writings.  I use this as a tool that guides into certain writing directions.  Often, I like to review this first original journal entry as a reference point.  Nevertheless, though my writings yielded little results to this first entry.  My future writings might be more enlightening on the subject matter.  Truthfully, I had forgotten about wanting to research the word “booth.”  Interestingly enough, I’ve restarted that mission today.  Enjoy your day, and Lets Go T I G E R S!

They lost!  Shucks.  I also wanted to add to my site, the parental Internet Directory link.  It seems that search engines are sending them to my site, thank you, for this information.   Now we have it.

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